Did I Do That?: Making Graphic Design & Mistakes

By Sean Schumacher

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“Did I Do That?” is a podcast about graphic designers—the ups and down they face in creative practice, because making design means making lots (and lots) mistakes. Every other Thursday, host Sean Schumacher (Assistant Professor of Graphic Design at Portland State University) is joined by a guest from the world of design with a special story about their own mistakes starting out and how they ended up where they did. It’s very weird, pretty silly, and definitely not serious—but neither are designers.

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Gundam Style (with Nicholas Adenau) [Rerun]
1:14:35
We're turning the clock back to the close of season one to close this inter-season spring break! Way back in June of 2022, meme curator and design leader Nicholas Adenau (currently of TikTok's NicholasIsContent and MemeBrah, but then of Lofi Art School) joined Sean to talk Sha Na Na, Jackass’ leadership lessons, and the sketchiest way to send a $30,000 chain when it absolutely, positively has to be there overnight.



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May 18, 2023
Feed Drop: AIGA Design Podcasts, "The Black Experience in Design: Identity, Expression, and Reflection"
44:11

Spring break nears its end (just in time for spring in Portland to actually begin), but not without a feed drop from our friends at AIGA! This special episode of the AIGA Design Podcasts feed features past guest and Director of Design Content & Learning at AIGA Lee-Sean Huang in conversation with the incredible Anne H. Berry, Jennifer Rittner, and Kelly Walters about their book The Black Experience in Design: Identity, Expression & Reflection as part of the the 2022 AIGA Design Conference in Seattle.

The Black Experience in Design is an anthology centering a range of perspectives, spotlights teaching practices, research, stories, and conversations from a Black/African diasporic lens. Through the voices represented, this text exemplifies the inherently collaborative and multidisciplinary nature of design, providing access to ideas and topics for a variety of audiences, meeting people as they are and wherever they are in their knowledge about design. This panel, featuring some of the book's editors, reflects on the process of publishing the book, and highlights some of the themes contained within the perspectives and stories within.

The panel is fantastic, and I'd highly recommend picking up a copy of the book from the Black Experience in Design website, directly from Skyhorse Publishing, or wherever you find books!

Special thanks to AIGA and Lee-Sean Huang for this feed drop—go check out and subscribe to the AIGA Design Podcasts feed, and go check out some what'll be happening as part of the 2023 AIGA Design Conference to be held in NEW YORK CITY?!

If you're listening to this on the day it comes out and you're in the Portland metro area, please come pay my students a visit at Be Honest, our humongous student portfolio showcase event at Wieden+Kennedy! It'll be a good time!

This episode was recorded by AIGA as part of the 2022 AIGA Design Conference in Seattle, Washington, on October 22, 2022.



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May 04, 2023
Custodian of the Moon (with Pamela Rounis) [Rerun]
57:25

Spring break continues with a road trip back to Vancouver, BC! Pamela Rounis (Creative Director at Rethink) joined Sean to talk fishpacking for art majors, space sausage, and the least successful entry in the Air Bud franchise.

You can find Pamela on Instagram (@pamrounis) and Twitter (@pamelarounis).

You can find SAD Magazine, as well as the SADCAST, at sadmag.ca. The show is great, and Pamela’s run is full of heartfelt and funny conversations with some of the best creative folks in Vancouver. Give it a listen—especially since the new season has just kicked off!

This episode was recorded in the offices of Rethink in Vancouver, BC, Canada on August 12, 2022, and was originally published on August 25, 2022.



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Apr 20, 2023
Structurally Unsound Snowman (with Pete Bella) [Rerun]
45:36

Pete Bella of the University of Central Arkansas and host of the Design Dedux podcast joins Sean in a strange new-but-old place to talk Pal’s Sudden Service, the game changing power of the McIntosh, and the worst roommate you could possibly get paired with at RIT.

You can find Pete’s work at petebella.com and @petebellajr on Instagram. You can find his show, Design Dedux, at petebella.com/designdeduxpodcast or wherever you find your podcasts!

This episode was originally recorded on Tuesday, May 24, 2022 during the UCDA Design Education Conference hosted at East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, Tennessee, and was first published on June 29, 2022.

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Apr 06, 2023
The Horse Scrambler (with Nishat Akhtar) [Rerun]
1:04:39

We're taking a few weeks off before the start of season 3 and revisiting some past favorites while we do! Illustrator, designer, educator, and all around cool person Nishat Akhtar (VP of Creative at Instrument) joined Sean in spring 2022 to talk Charles Barkley’s shrimp mistakes, ranking the Four Seasons, and young Sean’s excitement at the possibility of standing on a JPEG. Why not listen? It’s there if you want it!

You can find Nishat’s work at nishataktar.com, @nishat on Instagram (where you can also see Mr. Charles Barkley himself), or on Twitter @nishatsays.

This episode was recorded on April 9, 2022 and originally posted on May 5, 2022.


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Mar 23, 2023
Arnold's Chunky Stuff (with Nicholas Adenau)
1:10:41

We’re closing out Did I Do That?’s second season with all the pomp and circumstance that you can get on sale at WinCo! Nicholas Adenau of Nicholas Is Content rejoins Sean to talk vintage TikTok sounds, lesser known Village People, and the 2023 Did I Do That? Packaging Awards Spectacular: which design will emerge to be the show’s official Arizona Iced Tea Can of 2023?


This episode was recorded Saturday, February 4, 2023 in downtown Portland, Oregon. This will be our season two finale—we'll be back in May with new episodes, but will have things for you to listen to every other Thursday until then!




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Mar 09, 2023
Kinko's Networking (with Mia Nolting)
1:12:33

Mia Nolting (illustrator and author of Slow Noticing: A Journal for Drawing Your World Inside and Out) joins Sean in an especially bespoke episode to talk flossing emergencies, the opposite of instant ramen, and the big, top attractions of the greater Sarasota area.

This episode was recorded Saturday, February 18, 2023 in Portland, Oregon.



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Feb 23, 2023
My Jason Mraz Era (with Rico Macias-Zepeda)
50:01

‘Tis the season! Freelance art director and former student Rico Macias-Zepeda joins Sean to talk sleepy running shoes, fedora iterations, and the second JNCOming.

  • You can find Rico’s work in lots of places, including rico.biz on the web and @rico.something on the ‘gram. Rico does amazing stuff from activations to illustration to brand work, and is just all around awesome!
  • Rico is also an alum of the Portland State University course that Sean, past guest Kate Bingaman-Burt, and fellow alum Ciera Tague co-teach called A+D Projects—you can find out more about it at adprojects.design and see Rico’s issue of Annex archived at annex.psu.gd!

This episode was recorded Sunday, January 22, 2023 in Portland, Oregon.


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Feb 09, 2023
Best Wishes! (with Elizabeth Brown)
1:10:29

We’re starting off a new year of recordings right! The hilarious Elizabeth Brown (co-founder of Each Other Studio) joins Sean to talk about holiday salesabrations, ways to maximize the resale value of planet Earth, and where designers’ ideas come from. Keep listening past what feels like it might be the end—it’s an episode that kept its receipts, and not just for the Advil Migraine!

This episode was recorded Friday, January 6, 2023 in Portland, Oregon.


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Jan 26, 2023
Quivering Filthy Jamboree (with Dan Rhatigan)
1:03:40

To close out 2022 and usher in 2023, we’re calling in The Fixer! “Logotype surgeon” and type designer Dan Rhatigan (Director of Type Products at Type Network) sits down with Sean to talk about failing successfully, gifts from fast food heaven, and not quite getting to act with Gwyneth Paltrow in a high school musical.

You can find Dan’s work all over the internet—his blog is at ultrasparky.org, and he can be found @ultrasparky on Twitter and @bijoutype on Instagram. Speaking of the latter, his foundry Bijou Type (bijoutype.com) should be up an d running soon with an update of Dan’s beautiful graduate school typeface project you can add to your own type collection. His fantastic Pink Mince zine series can be found and purchased at pinkmince.com and @pinkmince on Twitter.

This episode was recorded Tuesday, December 20, 2022 in Portland, Oregon.

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Free monthly newsletter and Patreon: patreon.com/dididothatdesign

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Please rate, review, and subscribe to this show wherever your enjoy your podcasts, and tell a friend about this show IRL if they seem like they’d be into it!



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Jan 12, 2023
How Did We Get Here? (Season One)
58:03

Are you ready for "HOW!?" 15 of today's hottest superstars (who happened to be guests on season one of Did I Do That?) in one collection (of audio clips from their respective episodes of Did I Do That? lightly reedited and compiled into a single MP3 file). Move into a new dimension with some of the season's biggest guests—I don't care who you are, where you're from, what you need, as long as you listen!

Chart-toppers from Nishat Akhtar, Adam Garcia, Kate Bingaman-Burt, Jason Sturgill, and more. "HOW" delivers nothing but the biggest hits you crave, but to get them, press the button on your screen to play! There's never been a season of this podcast presented as a collection like this before, UNTIL NOW.


Featuring:

  • 0:00 Nishat Akhtar
  • 0:31 Introduction
  • 5:41 Ethan Allen Smith
  • 7:23 Alanna Risse
  • 9:06 Pete Bella
  • 14:26 Briar Levit
  • 21:05 Adam Garcia
  • 21:55 Taryn Cowart
  • 25:48 Kate Bingaman-Burt
  • 27:17 Jason Sturgill
  • 34:00 Jackie Brown
  • 39:17 Nic Adenau
  • 42:25 Kyle Letendre
  • 43:59 Lizy Gershenzon
  • 47:49 Jordan Rosenblum
  • 51:09 Closing
  • 56:45 Brendan Mulligan



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Dec 29, 2022
Portland Tuxedo (with Aaron Draplin)
1:13:09

We’re marking Did I Do That?’s one year anniversary—and our 24th hour of conversations with designers—with a very special guest indeed! Aaron Draplin (of Draplin Design Co., Field Notes, and many more things) joins Sean to talk retail conversations, the platforms coming to replace Twitter, and courting controversy on the slopes.

Where you can find Aaron's work:

  • You can find Aaron and the Draplin Design Co. on Instagram and Twitter @draplin. There, you can find some of the work Aaron mentioned, including his recent Tenacious D poster.
  • You can find his website, along with his merch store, at draplin.com.
  • You can find the book Draplin Design Co.: Pretty Much Everything available for purchase online at ddcbook.com or at most major bookstores, including our beloved Powell’s Books if you should happen to want to buy in Portland. It’s very affordable and one heck of a gorgeous volume.
  • Draplin’s many gorgeous Field Notes brand notebooks and sketchbooks can be found all over the world in tons of major retailers, but you can also get them at fieldnotesbrand.com—they make a great stocking stuffer!

This episode was recorded at the offices of Draplin Design Co. in Portland, Oregon, on Saturday, November 19, 2022.


Please leave a rating or review for the show on your podcast platform of choice. Telling a friend or a random person at Safeway is also a great way to keep the show growing—plus, the deals can’t be beat!


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Dec 15, 2022
Agents of Chaos (with Kate Carter)
1:08:13

Fire up your word processor and dial into TeleBears because we’re back in Portland! Kate Carter (founder and creative director of Saint Friend) joins Sean to talk about the heated rivalries between niche dog enthusiast magazines, the parts of the phone that art directors DON’T want you to see, and how to visit a mausoleum on hard mode.

You can find Kate’s work with Saint Friend on the studio’s website, saintfriend.co, or on Instagram @saint_friend. Kate, Nick, and the whole team at Saint Friend do some of the best, most joyful branding work out there, and that team brimming with some of PSUGD’s best and brightest alums to boot. Check them out!

This episode was recorded on Saturday, November 5, 2022 on the campus of Portland State University.

Check out our website: dididothat.design! It will be less bad soon—I promise!



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Dec 01, 2022
The Surreal World (with Lee-Sean Huang)
52:55

Those tossed salads and scrambled eggs must be calling again, because Did I Do That? is in Seattle for the AIGA Design Conference! Lee-Sean Huang (Creative Director of Foossa and Director of Design Content & Learning at AIGA) joins Sean to talk dialup conspiracies, leveraging the combined might of the Center for Academic Precocity and the Cronkite School of Journalism to make a reality show, and what business people think about.

You can find more about Lee-Sean at his website, leesean.net, or follow him nearly anywhere social by searching for the handle @leesean. You can find the Lee-Sean's podcasting work with the at anchor.fm/aigadesign, or by searching for "AIGA Design Podcasts" wherever you prefer your pod-based experiences are found. You can learn more about Foossa’s work in service design, futurecasting, and more at foossa.com.

This episode was recorded at the 2022 AIGA Design Conference in Seattle, Washington on Saturday, October 22, 2022.

Like or follow the show at our website, dididothat.design!



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Nov 17, 2022
It’s A Toughie (with Laurie Rosenwald)
1:01:59

Is Did I Do That? back on the road at Bend Design? Yer darn tootin’! Laurie Rosenwald (author of How to Make Mistakes on Purpose) joins Sean to talk about the excitement of small town parking structures, the world’s top travel destination for both lost baggage and lost Canadians, and the sabot: the wooden shoe for all occasions!

You can find Laurie’s work, workshops, and links to buy her books at her website, rosenworld.com.

This episode was recorded in Bend, Oregon, on Thursday, October 13, 2022. You can find out more about the yearly Bend Design Week conference at scalehouse.org/benddesign.

Check out our still pretty new-ish website: dididothat.design!



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Nov 03, 2022
Mr New Potato Design (with Joshua Berger)
1:27:46

Today’s your lucky day! Portland design legend Josh Berger of Plazm joins Sean to talk Jello’s good advice, elevation-related nicknames, and why you should always keep your receipt when you buy a “gently used” Xerox machine from the State of Oregon.

You can find Josh’s work online at joshuaberger.com, or on Twitter at @joshua_berger. You can find a recording of Josh’s talk, “How I Broke My Brain **and Changed My Mind,” on his website or on the Hand-Eye Supply YouTube channel.

Check out plazm.com to see the work from across Plazm’s wide-ranging portfolio, and you can even pick up some back issues of the magazine there. If you want to see some of the pieces described in this episode, or just want to dive into some of the design and editorial context around the magazine, visit magazine.plazm.com or check out @p_l_a_z_m on Instagram.

Special thanks to Marti Clemmons and the team at Portland State University Library’s Special Collections and University Archives their support in the production of this episode. You can find most of the pieces Josh described in their collection, along with tons of other cool, rare works from Portland’s art and design scenes.

This episode was recorded at the Portland State University Art Building on Friday, September 30, 2022.

Check out our still pretty new-ish website: dididothat.design!



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Oct 20, 2022
Position of Ambiguity (with Andy Pressman)
54:06

Andy Pressman (independent creative director and future author of “Why Taxicabs Are Upside Down and On Fire”) joins Sean to talk problematic salsa cities, the joys of in-person work, and Pee-Wee Herman’s Magical Zoom Machine.

You can find Andy on Twitter (@andypressman) or check out his reverse job posting at andypressman.notion.site!

This episode was recorded at the Portland State University Art Building on Tuesday, September 13, 2022.

Check out our still pretty new-ish website: dididothat.design!



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Oct 06, 2022
Luxury Fashion Rat (with Vida Jurcic)
52:55

Batten down the hatches, mateys! Vida Jurcic (Founder of Hangar 18 and instructor at the IDEA School of Design at Capilano University) joins Sean to talk about her brushes with Arnold Schwarzenegger, the dangers of Dinosaur Park, and what models do in their spare time.

You can find Vida’s studio, Hangar 18 Design Continuum, at h18.com, and Vida herself on LinkedIn at LinkedIn! Vida also teaches at Capilano University’s IDEA School of Design—their student work is tremendous, and you can see it (and more of Vida’s writing) at ideaschoolofdesign.com.

This episode was recorded adjacent to the offices of Hangar 18 in Gastown, Vancouver, BC on August 15, 2022. Special thanks to the guy who came in to make and eat his lunch without saying anything while we were recording: may we all bring that level of confident indifference to the stuff that stands in the way of our happiness into the future. You do you, friend!

Check out our brand new website: dididothat.design!



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Sep 22, 2022
Illicit Sandwiches (with Hiller Goodspeed)
55:56

Jiminy Jillikers! Illustrator Hiller Goodspeed joins Sean to talk about the Spirit Halloween Cinematic Universe, the most luxurious travel accommodations you can afford on an academic salary, and clown car commuters.

You can find Hiller on Instagram (@hillergoodspeed), Twitter (also @hillergoodspeed), or Tumblr (https://hillergoodspeed.tumblr.com)!

You can find Hiller’s latest book Pond Life at Perfectly Acceptable Press (https://perfectly-acceptable.com/item/pond-life/)! It’s tons of fun and a really beautiful book inside and out!

This episode was recorded at AM Studios in Vancouver, BC on August 12, 2022.

Check out our brand new website: dididothat.design!




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Sep 08, 2022
Custodian of the Moon (with Pamela Rounis)
57:30

Did I Do That? is back—it’s got aches and pains, but it's also got magic! Pamela Rounis (Creative Director at Rethink) joins Sean to talk fishpacking for art majors, space sausage, and the least successful entry in the Air Bud franchise.

You can find Pamela on Instagram (@pamrounis) and Twitter (@pamelarounis).

You can find SADMAG, as well as the SADCAST, at sadmag.ca. The show is great, and Pamela’s run is full of heartfelt and funny conversations with some of the best creative folks in Vancouver. Give it a listen!

This episode was recorded in the Vancouver, BC offices of Rethink in on August 12, 2022.

Check out our brand new website: dididothat.design!



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Aug 25, 2022
My Dangerous Fish Attack (with Alanna Risse) [Rerun]
59:11

Alanna Risse joins Sean to talk mystery meat, accidental crimes, and all the reasons a nose is a good idea. We’re quantifying Photoshop filters in terms of number of cigarettes it takes them to finish rendering in the episode that asks how often is too often for a beer bash?

You can find Alanna at @alannarisse on all the things! (this episode was first posted March 10, 2022).

You can find Did I Do That? on your podcatcher of choice, or through our shiny new website, dididothat.design!

If you enjoyed this show, despite the large body of evidence against such a thing being possible, why not share the misplaced love? Write us a review on your podcasting service or share it with a friend! These things help a new show out bunches, and this thing needs all the help it can get.

This is our last episode of summer break!



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Aug 11, 2022
A Michael Bay Film in App Form (with Jordan Rosenblum) [Rerun]
52:29

Jordan Rosenblum (visual designer/educator/socially engaged artist) joins Sean to talk blobby blue friends, a whole lot of chrome, and The Egg Space. Sean, meanwhile, spends a solid five minutes talking about a plastic skeleton in an apron at a business he never goes to! It’s the episode that finally diagrams it out for everybody who’s been dying to know: culture is where the RAM slot is and psycholinguistics is the foot.

Learn more about Jordan’s work at https://jordanrosenblum.com! This episode originally "aired" on January 27, 2022.

This is the second of our summer reruns, but don’t worry! Sean is venturing out into the world to record a few new guests in parts unknown, and new episodes will return August 25. Until then, though, we’ll be taking a cue from summer prime-time TV and pivoting to reruns of “old” favorites—as the extraordinarily lazy 1998 ad campaign for NBC’s summer reruns once put it, “if you haven’t seen it, it’s new to you!” If you’re hoping to get a friend into the show, though, maybe now’s a great time?

Follow the show on some of the things via our website, dididothat.design! You can also find the show’s Patreon there, should you find yourself in a Brewster’s Millions type scenario where you need to get rid of money fast and any old thing will do (or, you know, if you just like this thing and want to help support its production). Either way is fine by me!

If you enjoyed this episode and want to support the show, help spread the word! Five-star reviews are always welcome, as are written reviews if you need something to keep your idle hands at bay. Don’t want to deal with the hassle of stars or keys? Telling a friend IRL is a great way to avoid both, and helps the show plenty!

Got a story to share? If you’re a graphic designer or know one who might have a story that would be a good fit for this show, reach out! Sean is booking out guests for this summer hiatus and would love to have you on board, especially if you're in the Seattle or Vancouver BC areas. Email hi@seanschumacher.com if you’re interested!



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Jul 28, 2022
Compelled by the Viscosity (with Taryn Cowart) [Rerun]
51:51

Originally aired December 30, 2021

Taryn Cowart (now a creative director on the brand studio team at GitHub, previously of Instrument) joins Sean to talk about wedding ghosts, the Great D̵i̵s̵m̵a̵l̵ Swamp, and sheet cake shenanigans. We're layin’ eggs and droppin’ bombs in the episode that the former editors of the Coraddi call “a cesspool of commies and queers.”

Follow Taryn at @taryncowart on all the things, or check out her website at taryncowart.com.

This is the first of our summer reruns, but don’t worry! Sean is venturing out into the world to record a few new guests in parts unknown, and new episodes will return August 25. Until then, though, we’ll be taking a cue from summer prime-time TV and pivoting to reruns of “old” favorites—as the extraordinarily lazy 1998 ad campaign for NBC’s summer reruns once put it, “if you haven’t seen it, it’s new to you!” If you’re hoping to get a friend into the show, though, maybe now’s a great time?

Follow the show on some of the things via our website, dididothat.design! You can also find the show’s Patreon there, should you find yourself in a Brewster’s Millions type scenario where you need to get rid of money fast and any old thing will do (or, you know, if you just like this thing and want to help support its production). Either way is fine by me!

If you enjoyed this episode and want to support the show, help spread the word! Five-star reviews are always welcome, as are written reviews if you need something to keep your idle hands at bay. Don’t want to deal with the hassle of stars or keys? Telling a friend IRL is a great way to avoid both, and helps the show plenty!

Got a story to share? If you’re a graphic designer or know one who might have a story that would be a good fit for this show, reach out! Sean is booking out guests for this summer hiatus and would love to have you on board, especially if you're in the Seattle or Vancouver BC areas. Email hi@seanschumacher.com if you’re interested!



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Jul 14, 2022
Gundam Style (with Nic Adenau)
1:14:35

It’s the season one finale of Did I Do That? and we are not throwing away our shot on this one! Meme curator and design leader Nic Adenau (AKA Nic A of TikTok’s Lofi Art School) joins Sean to talk Sha Na Na, Jackass’ leadership lessons, and the sketchiest way to send a $30,000 chain when it absolutely, positively has to be there overnight.

You can find Nic on TikTok @lofiartschool! You can also find Lofi Art School on the web, with links to some other services if you prefer!

This is the first season’s finale, but don’t worry! We’re not going anywhere—at least in one sense! Sean is venturing out into the world to record a few new guests in parts unknown, and new episodes will return August 25. Until then, though, we’ll be taking a cue from summer prime-time TV and pivoting to reruns of “old” favorites—as the extraordinarily lazy 1998 ad campaign for NBC’s summer reruns once put it, “if you haven’t seen it, it’s new to you!” If you’re hoping to get a friend into the show, though, maybe now’s a great time?

Follow the show on some of the things via our website, dididothat.design! You can also find the show’s Patreon there, should you find yourself in a Brewster’s Millions type scenario where you need to get rid of money fast and any old thing will do (or, you know, if you just like this thing and want to help support its production). Either way is fine by me!

If you enjoyed this episode and want to support the show, help spread the word! Five-star reviews are always welcome, as are written reviews if you need something to keep your idle hands at bay. Don’t want to deal with the hassle of stars or keys? Telling a friend IRL is a great way to avoid both, and helps the show plenty!

Got a story to share? If you’re a graphic designer or know one who might have a story that would be a good fit for this show, reach out! Sean is booking out guests for this summer hiatus and would love to have you on board. Email hi@seanschumacher.com if you’re interested!



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Jun 30, 2022
Structurally Unsound Snowman (with Pete Bella)
45:40

Pete Bella of the University of Central Arkansas and host of the Design Dedux podcast joins Sean in a strange new-but-old place to talk Pal’s Sudden Service, the game changing power of the McIntosh, and the worst roommate you could possibly get paired with at RIT.


You can find Pete’s work at petebella.com and @petebellajr on Instagram. You can find his show, Design Dedux, at petebella.com/designdeduxpodcast or wherever you find your podcasts!


Follow "Did I Do That?" on some of the things via our website, dididothat.design! You can also find the show’s Patreon there, should you find yourself in a Brewster’s Millions type scenario where you need to get rid of money fast and any old thing will do (or, you know, if you just like this thing and want to help support its production). Either way is fine by me!


If you enjoyed this episode and want to support the show, help spread the word! Five-star reviews are always welcome, as are written reviews if you need something to keep your idle hands at bay. Don’t want to deal with the hassle of stars or keys? Telling a friend IRL is a great way to avoid both, and helps the show plenty!


Got a story to share? If you’re a graphic designer living in or traveling to the Portland metro area (or are in the Seattle or Vancouver areas) and have a song in your heart in the form of a goofy story about your past work that you need to share, reach out! Sean is booking out guests for summer and would love to have you on board. Email hi@seanschumacher.com if you’re interested!



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Jun 16, 2022
Inane Courage (with Adam Garcia)
1:15:43

Los Angeles-based design powerhouse Adam Garcia (Creative Director at Apple Music) joins Sean to talk puzzle crimes, the Little Mermaid’s coffee adventure, and the ins and outs of mounting a production with the Mucinex Man. Call John Waters, ’cause we’re reviving Smell-O-Vision for this one!


You can find Adam’s work at adamrgarcia.studio and on Instagram @adamrgarcia. You can find his podcast, “Dope Excerpts,” wherever you find podcasts—give it a listen!


Follow "Did I Do That?" on some of the things via our website, dididothat.design! You can also find the show’s Patreon there, should you find yourself in a Brewster’s Millions type scenario where you need to get rid of money fast and any old thing will do (or, you know, if you just like this thing and want to help support its production). Either way is fine by me!


If you enjoyed this episode and want to support the show, help spread the word! Five-star reviews are always welcome, as are written reviews if you need something to keep your idle hands at bay. Don’t want to deal with the hassle of stars or keys? Telling a friend IRL is a great way to avoid both, and helps the show plenty!


Got a story to share? If you’re a graphic designer living in or traveling to the Portland metro area and have a song in your heart in the form of a goofy story about your past work that you need to share, reach out! Sean is booking out guests for late spring and summer and would love to have you on board. Email hi@seanschumacher.com if you’re interested!



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Jun 02, 2022
In-Store Fun (with Jackie Brown)
50:18
Illustrator Jackie Brown joins Sean to talk gross kid clubhouse choices and Clown College, all while Sean speculates about what it is that sculptors actually need. It’s the episode that asks: By what process is toot? How does the toot happen?You can find Jackie’s work at hellojackiebrown.com or @Jackfacekillah on Instagram.Follow "Did I Do That?" on some of the things via our website, dididothat.design!If you enjoyed this episode and want to support the show, help spread the word! Five-star reviews are always welcome, as are written reviews if you need something to keep your idle hands at bay. Don’t want to deal with the hassle of stars or keys? Telling a friend IRL is a great way to avoid both, and helps the show plenty!Wanna be on the show? If you’re a graphic designer in the Portland metro area (or who will be coming to the Portland metro area) and have a song in your heart in the form of a goofy story about your past work that you need to share, reach out! Sean is booking out guests for late spring and summer and would love to have you on board. Email hi@seanschumacher.com if you’re interested!

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May 19, 2022
The Horse Scrambler (with Nishat Akhtar)
1:04:44

We’re literally creating magic on a new episode of Did I Do That? with illustrator, designer, educator, and all around cool person Nishat Akhtar (VP of Creative at Instrument), who joins Sean to talk Charles Barkley’s shrimp mistakes, ranking the Four Seasons, and young Sean’s excitement at the possibility of standing on a JPEG. Why not listen? It’s there if you want it!

You can find Nishat’s work at nishataktar.com, @nishat on Instagram (where you can also see Mr. Charles Barkley himself), or on Twitter @nishatsays.

You can find Did I Do That? on some of these things and more via our website, dididothat.design!

If you enjoyed this episode and want to support the show, help spread the word! Five-star reviews are always welcome, as are written reviews if you need something to keep your idle hands at bay. Don’t want to deal with the hassle of stars or keys? Telling a friend IRL is a great way to avoid both, and helps the show plenty!

Wanna be on the show? If you’re a graphic designer in the Portland metro area (or who will be coming to the Portland metro area) and have a song in your heart in the form of a goofy story about your past work that you need to share, reach out! Sean is booking out guests for summer and would love to have you on board. Email hi@seanschumacher.com if you’re interested!



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May 05, 2022
It’s Gotta Be Moo (with Lizy Gershenzon)
55:55

Future Fonts co-founder Lizy Gershenzon joins Sean to talk pieces of flair, the opposite of missed connections, and The Rainbow Passage. We’re going back to high school and making font magic in an episode that’s got milk—just not in an officially licensed form.

Learn more about Lizy at @lizyjoy on Instagram or Twitter. You can find Future Fonts and their HyperText at futurefonts.xyz. You can find Lizy and Travis’ type design studio Vectro Type Foundry at vectrotype.com!

Follow "Did I Do That?" on some of the things via our website, https://dididothat.design! Our Twitter and Facebook are a veritable visual feast of poorly sourced stock photos related to each episode. Speaking of LinkedIn, did you know that you can also follow this show on LinkedIn—why not share the shame of your listenership with your most tangential professional contacts?

If you enjoyed this episode and want to support the show, help spread the word! Five-star reviews are always welcome, as are written reviews if you need something to keep your idle hands at bay. Don’t want to deal with the hassle of stars or keys? Telling a friend IRL is a great way to avoid both, and helps the show plenty!

Wanna be on the show? If you’re a graphic designer in the Portland metro area (or who will be coming to the Portland metro area) and have a song in your heart in the form of a goofy story about your past work that you need to share, reach out! Sean is booking out guests for late spring and summer and would love to have you join. Email hi@seanschumacher.com if you’re interested!



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Apr 21, 2022
Quark vs. InDesign: Alien Wars (with Jason Sturgill)
49:10

Illustrator, art director, and famous-cat haver Jason Sturgill joins Sean to talk screensaver dreamscapes, Henry Rollins’ snowstorm preparedness tips, and Instagram museums. It’s the episode that asks, what if we made a car entirely out of plastic? We’re building castles in the sky, just the two of us!

Learn more about Jason’s work at jasonsturgill.com, or on Instagram (@jgspdx), Facebook (jasonsturgill), and LinkedIn (jasonsturgill)!

Follow Did I Do That? on some of the things via our website, dididothat.design! Our Twitter and Instagram are a veritable visual feast of poorly sourced stock photos related to each episode. Speaking of LinkedIn, did you know that you can also follow this show on LinkedIn—why not share the shame of your listenership with your tangential professional contacts?

If you enjoyed this episode and want to support the show, help spread the word! Five-star reviews are always welcome, as are written reviews if you need something to keep your idle hands at bay. Don’t want to deal with the hassle of stars or keys? Telling a friend IRL is a great way to avoid both, and helps the show plenty!

Wanna be on the show? If you’re a graphic designer in the Portland metro area (or who will be coming to the Portland metro area) and have a song in your heart in the form of a goofy story about your past work that you need to share, reach out! Sean is booking out guests for late spring and summer and would love to have you join. Email hi@seanschumacher.com if you’re interested!



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Apr 07, 2022
Sometimes The Moment Needs Extra Mayo (with Kyle Letendre)
52:15
Lettering artist extraordinaire and Portland foliage fan Kyle Letendre joins Sean to talk Minnesota’s missing lakes, misguided entrepreneurial spirit, and rebrands that aren’t quite making the grade. We’re filling in the pixels in that JPEG manually in person while we get to the bottom of a question that’s been on everyone’s mind: what’s Sean’s favorite food color?You can find Kyle at @heykyle on Instagram and @heykylehey on Twitter! You can find more about their work at kyleletendre.com!You can find Did I Do That? on your podcatcher of choice, or through our website, dididothat.design! You can also follow on both Instagram and Twitter if you’ve not yet abandoned social media like a sinking ship.If you enjoyed this show, despite the large body of evidence against such a thing being possible, why not share the misplaced love? Write a (five star) review on your podcasting service of choice—it really helps! Please tell a friend, too, because sharing is caring.

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Mar 24, 2022
My Dangerous Fish Attack (with Alanna Risse)
59:11

Alanna Risse joins Sean for the first episode of 2022 recorded in 2022 to talk mystery meat, accidental crimes, and all the reasons a nose is a good idea. We’re quantifying Photoshop filters in terms of number of cigarettes it takes them to finish rendering in the episode that asks how often is too often for a beer bash?

You can find Alanna at @alannarisse on all the things!

You can find Did I Do That? on your podcatcher of choice, or through our website, dididothat.design! You can also follow on both Instagram (@schuseanmacher) and Twitter (@designbycmte)! If you enjoyed this show, why not tell the world? Write us a review on your podcasting service or share it with a friend! These things help a new show out bunches, and this thing needs all the help it can get.

If you’re a designer reading this, good news—the next round of guests for spring and summer is being booked now! If you’re interested and will be in or around the Portland, Oregon area in the near future, send an email to sean@seanschumacher.com. I’d love to have you on if you think for some reason that’s a good idea!



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Mar 10, 2022
Undercover Blankets (with Brendan Mulligan)
48:45

It’s nearly March 2022, which means it’s time for the last episode recorded in 2021, and it’s one that starts pretty real and raw before pivoting into cookie shoptalk and the usual nonsense.

Brendan Mulligan (Nike Tees Graphics and @coolkidbrendan) joins Sean to talk about what they want on their Tombstones, sneeze guards, and the nightmarish realm that is the McDonald's Play Place. What even is design? We’re just talking about specific pastry vendors at the Portland State University Saturday farmers market. Serenity now!

You can find Brendan at @coolkidbrendan on many platforms! You can find more about his work at coolkidbrendan.com!

You can find Did I Do That? on your podcatcher of choice, or through our website, dididothat.design! You can also follow on both Instagram (@schuseanmacher) and Twitter (@designbycmte)! Yes, I do know this is a confusing, bad way to do things!

If you enjoyed this show, despite the large body of evidence against such a thing being possible, why not share the misplaced love? Write us a review on your podcasting service or share it with a friend! These things help a new show out bunches, and this thing needs all the help it can get.



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Feb 24, 2022
Gnomes: True Secrets Revealed (with Briar Levit)
50:24

Text ahoy! Designer, design historian, and filmmaker Briar Levit joins Sean to talk about the history of rude t-shirts, the secret to eternal life (for magazines), and the great shame of (a) PDA. Sean makes a guest say “ew,” which frankly is mostly surprising in that it took five whole episodes for it to happen. Remember: if you want to buy technology, don’t buy it at the mall!

You can find Briar at @briarlevit on Instagram and @briarmade on Twitter! You can find Briar’s book, “Baseline Shift: Untold Stories of Women in Graphic Design History” at papress.com/products/baseline-shift or at your local bookstore! You can find Briar’s movie “Graphic Means” at graphicmeans.com!

You can find Did I Do That? on your podcatcher of choice, or through our website, dididothat.design! You can also follow on both Instagram (@schuseanmacher) and Twitter (@designbycmte)! Come be our fourth follower on Twitter, won’t you?

If you enjoyed this show, despite the large body of evidence against such a thing being possible, why not share the misplaced love? Write us a review on your podcasting service or share it with a friend! These things help a new show out bunches, and this thing needs all the help it can get.



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Feb 10, 2022
A Michael Bay Film in App Form (with Jordan Rosenblum)
52:29
Jordan Rosenblum (visual designer/educator/socially engaged artist) joins Sean to talk blobby blue friends, a whole lot of chrome, and The Egg Space. Sean, meanwhile, spends a solid five minutes talking about a plastic skeleton in an apron at a business he never goes to! It’s the episode that finally diagrams it out for everybody who’s been dying to know: culture is where the RAM slot is and psycholinguistics is the foot. The more attention you draw to it, the more tomblike it feels!Learn more about Jordan’s work at https://jordanrosenblum.com!Follow "Did I Do That?" on some of the things via our website, https://dididothat.design!If you enjoyed this episode, why not tell a friend (please ignore the many obvious reasons why not)? Please also rate us highly on your podcast platform of choice, even in spite of the note that will follow this paragraph!Editor’s note: much like an actual Michael Bay film not in app form, this episode suffers from a bit of overzealous editing. Apologies if there’s some sound clipping and level mismatches here and there. It's not great always, but it could be worse!

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Jan 27, 2022
Very Dramatic Trash Can (with Kate Bingaman-Burt)
53:31

Illustrator-entrepreneur-educator-multi-hyphenate-powerhouse Kate Bingaman Burt joins Sean to talk cheerleading, kiln-based graphic design, and the always enticing vegetable medley. Sean, meanwhile, forgets that it is his job to talk on the show he hosts and unintentionally continues our student publication double-header by editing pre-taped episodes in the wrong order! We’re breaking all the rules on this one—it’s not going to look like what your grandma’s making!

Follow Kate at @katebingburt on all the things! Check out Outlet at https://outletpdx.com or follow the studio at @outletpdx also on all things!

Follow "Did I Do That?" on some of the things via our website, https://dididothat.design! If you enjoyed this episode, why not tell a friend (please ignore the many obvious reasons why not)? Please also rate us highly on your podcast platform of choice! Reviews and word of mouth help a lot!



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Jan 13, 2022
Compelled by the Viscosity (with Taryn Cowart)
51:51

Taryn Cowart (Creative Director at Instrument) joins Sean to talk about wedding ghosts, the Great D̵i̵s̵m̵a̵l̵ Swamp, and sheet cake shenanigans. We're layin’ eggs and droppin’ bombs in the episode that the former editors of the Coraddi call “a cesspool of commies and queers.”

Follow Taryn at @taryncowart on all the things.

Follow "Did I Do That?" on some of the things via our website, https://dididothat.design!

If you enjoyed this episode, why not tell a friend (please ignore the many obvious reasons why not)? Please also rate us highly on your podcast platform of choice and, if you would be so kind, write a review too—yours could be our first!



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Dec 30, 2021
Pivot to Print (with Ethan Allen Smith)
58:16

Ethan Allen Smith (Associate Creative Director at Owen Jones) joins Sean to talk about local cat food, collecting feather dusters, and the success of Water World. Sean contributes the worst "The Californians" impression ever put to tape and manages to somehow forget the name of the show—truly an auspicious start.

Follow Ethan at @ethanallensmith on all the things!

Follow "Did I Do That?" on some of the things via our website, https://dididothat.design!

If you enjoyed this episode, why not tell a friend? (please ignore the many obvious reasons why not.) Please also rate us highly on your podcast platform of choice—it really helps!



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Dec 16, 2021
Introducing Did I Do That?
1:20

Graphic design may be my passion, but danged if it isn't awfully weird to do too.

Did I Do That? is all about that! It's a new podcast what it's like to really make design and make mistakes, because you can't do one without the other. Every other week, Sean Schumacher (Assistant Professor of Graphic Design at Portland State University) is joined by a guest from the world of design with a special story about their own mistakes starting out, how they ended up where they did, and other traditional topics pertinent to podcast listeners like "what was the weather like on the day they recorded this?" and "is this really the name of the show? Like, for sure?"

Sound good? Did I Do That? comes out every other Thursday starting December 16. Subscribe now, won't you?



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Dec 09, 2021